News tagged with sir john franklin
Voyage to the 'front line' of global warming
When Cameron Dueck set sail to the Canadian Arctic to witness what he calls "the front line of climate change", he did so knowing he would have to brave seas that have killed scores of sailors and reduced ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 07, 2012 |
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Soup can reopens mystery of doomed Franklin Expedition
(PhysOrg.com) -- Lead levels that are "off the scale" have been confirmed after tests were done this morning on the lid of a soup can dating back more than 150 years. The findings reopen the mystery surrounding ...
Dec 15, 2009 |
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Insight into Britain's diplomatic strategy with colonies bred from Revolutionary War papers
The personal and official papers of a high-ranking British diplomat who participated in the Treaty of Paris (1783-84) with the American colonies, which formally ended the Revolutionary War, are now an essential part of the ...
Oct 27, 2010 |
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Researcher investigates the origins of travel writing
(PhysOrg.com) -- Travel writing has become one of the most popular genres in recent years with bookshops dedicating sizeable sections to keep up with a growing demand from travelling readers. But how did the ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 17, 2009 |
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Physicist John Wheeler, Einstein collaborator, dead at 96
US physicist John Wheeler, one of Albert Einstein's last collaborators who helped build the atomic bomb and gave black holes their name, died at the weekend, his family said. He was 96.
Apr 15, 2008 |
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